Artists have been offering their own interpretations of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth for years. Peter Jackson is in the middle of showing us his vision of The Hobbit on the big screen, but on the Internet a new project by Aaron Diaz is giving us a different way to look at Tolkien’s The Silmarillion.

Known for his webcomic Dresden Codak, Diaz started The Silmarillion Project in December and plans to illustrate every chapter of the book along with supplementary illustrations for characters and the world. Here’s a look at what he’s done so far!